Door and window construction



Jar 13, 1931. B. J. GOLDSMITH ET AL DOOR AND WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb 27 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m%sn 6m Y R 510 04E m wm NFOJK ITO E W m m A l M m5 0 W M Y 6 M 5 V a/ 1931- BY. J. GOLDSMITH ET-AL 1,788,390

DOOR AND WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 27, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jay ATTORNEY5 I PH 0 T... I I,

Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED STAT ES PATET ries BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITIL'OF NEW YORK, AND EM IL KOEB, OF T'UOKAHOE, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SEAMAN BODY CORPORATION, OF IVIIL- WAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WJ ISOO NSIN" DOOR AND VJINDOW CONSTRUCTION Our invention relates to window and door constructions and more particularly to doors such as those in closed automobiles inwhich a window is vertically slidable.

The principal object of the invention is the production of a door of the character described having a novel and simple construction of garnish rail or windowsill.

A further object of the invention is the production of a simple and ornamental. garnish rail or window sill adapted to engage and hold in position the upholstery or other covering for the window Well into which the window is slidable.

production of a garnish rail or Window sill forming an integral part of the support ng plate or lockboard on which the mechanism for raising and lowering the window 18 mounted.

Further objects and advantages-of the in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similar Views showing modifications.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawings: U y

1 indicates the side members of a frame of a door which are provided with guideways 2 therein into which a window pane or sash 3 vertically slidable. Saidiwindow or sash 3 is preferably a frameless pane of glass. It has 1 secured in any desirable manner to the lower 5 edge thereof a U'shaped channel Extending horizontally across the frame and fastened to said side members by suitable screws as shown is a metallic plate or lockboard 4 Y which may form a portion of the wall of the to window Well into which the window or sash A further object of the invention is the bolt from its keeper-J 3. is slidable, the other wall of the window well being indicated at 5. i

6 indicates a bearing or hub which is secured tothe plate or lockboard 4 in any manner and which carries a shaft? on the inner end of which is secured a pinion 8 and on the outer end of which is secureda rotatable crank or handle 9. An operating arm 10 is also pivotally mounted on the plate or lockwood lrand is provided with a toothed segment 11 which may be integral therewith if so desired. The outer end of said operating arm 10. is provided Witha roller 11 which rides in the channel lso that rotation of the crank or handle?) acts to raise or lower the sash'8 in the guideways 2 depending on the direction, of rotation given the crank or handle9.

VVepr'efer to mount on the righthand side of the'plate or lockboard 4. a handle 12 the shank of which is indicated at1 3 and the lower end of which is pivoted to the plate l.

said shank extending intermediate said plate and a plate 14 which maybe secured to the plated in any desirable manner. and.

which is spaced apart therefrom a certain distance, Said plate 1% is providedwithav slot 15 receiving afiange on therear end of a latchbolt, 16 which latchbolt extends through asuitable' opening in the righthand' s de member 1 and into a keeper 17 on a stationary adjacent'wall 18. f The latchbolt,

isalso provided with a shoulder-l9 formed by a slot therein through which the shank 13 extends whereby, when the handle 12 is actuated in the proper direction, the .latchbolt will beslid inwardly and retracted from the keeper17 'in'an' obvious manner. A spring 20 either carried by the plate llor the lockboard engages the shank. 13 and acts to retain thelatchbolt in projected position. The latchbolt is also provided with an 'arm21 adapted to be engaged'by a roll back 22 in a 7 well known manner and which may be actu: ated by a handle 23 onthe outer side of the ,righthand side member 1 toretraet the latch- VAsindicate'din-Figj3, the upper end of I the plateor lockboard ,4 is bent inwardly and then outwardly in a graceful curve and as indicated at 24 to form a garnish strip or window sill. The extreme edge of said gar nish strip is bent inwardly as indicated at 2 5 and bites into a covering 26 such as upholstery which forms the inner wall of the window well of the door and which hides the plate or lockhoard e" from view, allowing the cranl; or handle 9 only to remain ex posed'to ,V1GW. Said garnish strip or WIDJP dowsill is also provided with pro ecting portion 27 pressed out of the metal thereof and which may form gripping bar to swing the door into closed position. The garnishstrip is also provided with a suitable slot as shown Fig. 2, receiving and supporting the shank i the plate or lockooard l not only forms a support for thewindow actuating mechanism and the latchbolt and" its actuating mechanism but it also itself constitutes the garnish strip or window sill and grippingly engages the covering or upholstery 26 to hold it in proper position. v a

In the modification illustrated'in Fig. a a separate wooden rail 28 is provided which is fastened to both side members and which is engaged by the lockboard i, 'A separate metallic garnish strip 29 is also provided which is curved as in the preferred form'o'f By this coiistructionit will be noted that comprising a flange turned inwardly and an outwardly extending flange integral with said first-named flange and having an upper curved surface and a covering for said lockboard engaged by and held in position by v said garnish strip.

2. In a device of the character described, a rrame for supporting a window, a metallic the invention, which has an inwardly and I upwardly turned flange 3O engaging an outwardly and downwardly turned flange which is integral with the lockboard, the upper end of they upholstery or covering 26 being interposed between the flange 30 and the body of the loelrboard. Y 7 V In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the upper end of the lockboard is firstturiiedfinwardly to provide a double thickness of metal 32 providing a support for the upper edge of thelupholstery-QG and it is then turned in wardlyas indicated at 33 to providean inwardly extending flange. A separate curved plate 34: is also provided to form the garnish strip, the outer edge of which bites into the upholstery 26 as illustrated'to hold'it'inpoe sition while the inner edge is provided with a series of hooks '35 hooking 'under'the inner edge of the plate 33 to hold the garnish strip in position. j r V In the-modification of Fig. 6 the upper end of the loekboard is first bent outwardly as at 36 to form a gripping elementfor theupper edge of the upholstery and it is thenbent and curved inwardly as at 37' t LP O B gall nish strip. ,1 1 7 .What weclaim as our invention is 1,111 a device of thecharacter described, V

a frame for supporting a window, a metallic lockboard extending across said train'evand carrying a window raisingand lowering dej vice thereon, a metallic member integral with said. loclrboard and extend ng across said frame to form a garn shstrip, sa d member lOU 

